Successful cooperation extends Dragon Programme


Dragon 2 opening ceremony
 
Mr Stefano Bruzzi, ESA's Head of EO Programme Planning & Coordination Service, and Mr Zhang Guocheng Director of National Remote Sensing Center of China, signing the protocol for the ESA/MOST Dragon 2 cooperation programme.

Mr Oosterlinck speaking at the symposium
 
ESA’s Director for Legal Affairs and External Relations Mr Rene Oosterlinck addressing Dragon 2 Symposium participants at the opening ceremony in Beijing, China, on 21 April 2008.

Dr Xiaohan's opening address
 
Deputy Director General of High and New Technology Development and Industrialization of MOST Dr Liao Xiaohan during his opening address at the Dragon 2 Symposium in Beijing, China, on 21 April 2008.

Dragon 1 results - flooding
 
This animation shows the Poyang Lake Monthly Flood Dynamics using Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) and Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) data acquired between January 2004 and December 2006.

Group picture
 
More than 300 leading European and Chinese scientists have gathered from 21 to 25 April 2008 in Beijing in the People’s Republic of China for the Dragon 1 final symposium and Dragon 2 Kick-Off symposium.

Dragon 1 results -- seismology
 
The Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) instrument aboard ESA's Envisat captures the Nima-Gaize earthquake in Tibet. This 70-day interval data was acquired from 23 November 2007 to 1 February 2008.



Release date: 28 April 2008